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verb (used with object)

to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.

verb (used without object)

Origin of predict

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin praedictus, past participle of praedīcere “to foretell,” equivalent to prae- “before, earlier” + dic-, variant stem of dīcere “to say” + -tus past participle suffix; see pre-, dictum

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Predict, prophesy, foresee, forecast mean to know or tell (usually correctly) beforehand what will happen. To predict is usually to foretell with precision of calculation, knowledge, or shrewd inference from facts or experience: The astronomers can predict an eclipse; it may, however, be used without the implication of underlying knowledge or expertise: I predict she'll be a success at the party. Prophesy usually means to predict future events by the aid of divine or supernatural inspiration: Merlin prophesied the two knights would meet in conflict; this verb, too, may be used in a more general, less specific sense. I prophesy he'll be back in the old job. To foresee refers specifically not to the uttering of predictions but to the mental act of seeing ahead; there is often (but not always) a practical implication of preparing for what will happen: He was clever enough to foresee this shortage of materials. Forecast has much the same meaning as predict; it is used today particularly of the weather and other phenomena that cannot easily be accurately predicted: Rain and snow are forecast for tonight. Economists forecast a rise in family income.

OTHER WORDS FROM predict

pre·dict·a·ble, adjectivepre·dict·a·bil·i·ty, nounmis·pre·dict, verbun·pre·dict·ed, adjective

un·pre·dict·ing, adjective

Words related to predict

anticipate, call, conclude, envision, forecast, foresee, think, adumbrate, augur, conjecture, croak, figure, forebode, foretell, gather, guess, infer, judge, omen, portend

How to use predict in a sentence

• Though the veteran politician is still predicted to win reelection in the deep-red state, Harrison poses a serious threat to Graham’s campaign.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield predicted Wednesday that most of the American public will not have access to a vaccine against the novel coronavirus until late spring or summer of next year.

• With the mechanism behind mantling unmasked, a third partner—Orion Genomics, a private startup founded by Martienssen—was able to develop a simple DNA test that predicts whether a designer seedling will bear robust or withered fruit.

• Typically, water utilities set water prices a year in advance by trying to predict how much people will need.

• Another thankless task for brands is predicting where people are going to be spending their days.

• But so-called jungle primaries are notoriously hard to predict or poll.

• A successful trend-maker might be able to steer a conversation, but virality remains extremely difficult to predict.

• They predict the government of President Petro Poroshenko may not last another three months.

• Experts [predict] that over a million people in the region need food aid to allay shortages.

• Now, several reports predict the coming months could be devastating.

• I predict that, in one month from the date of this letter, there will not be an Austrian or Prussian cartridge found in France.

• I found it on all occasions extremely sensible, and very often to predict a change of wind much sooner than the barometer.

• Spain is a country of surprises and of contradictions; even her own people seem unable to predict what may happen on the morrow.

• If everything came out it did not require any great effort of prophecy to predict what the result would be.

• I venture to predict in advance, that the degree of success is mainly within their control.

verb

(tr; may take a clause as object)to state or make a declaration about in advance, esp on a reasoned basis; foretell

Derived forms of predict

predictable, adjectivepredictability or predictableness, nounpredictably, adverb

Word Origin for predict

C17: from Latin praedīcere to mention beforehand, from prae before + dīcere to say